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Crassula tetragona subsp tetragona [family CRASSULACEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Crassula tetragona subsp tetragona [family CRASSULACEAE]
Common names
Crassula tetragona L., Sp. PI. edn 1: 283 (1753), edn 2: 404 (1762); Mant. Alt. 361 (1771); Tolken in Jl S. Afr. Bot. 38: 78 (1972). Sedum tetragonum (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 3, 2: 85 (1898), pro parte, specim. cit. excl. C. bibracteata sensu Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. 295 (1837), non Haw. C. densifolia Harv. in F.C. 2: 340 (1862). C. acutifo­lia Lam. var. densifolia (Harv.) Schonl. in Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 17: 208 (1929). Type: Cape, Devil's Peak, Ecklon & Zeyher 1881 (S, holo.!; GRA!).
Habitat
In the eastern parts of the distribution area, the plants often become very robust with stems up to 15 mm in diameter, but the subspecies can always be dis­tinguished by its long leaf sheath, carnose stems and long peduncle with 2 or 3 pairs of bracts.
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(a). subsp. tetragona
Crassula tetragona subsp tetragona [family CRASSULACEAE]
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